Although Utah's national parks have been impacted by the shutdown,
they still offer a variety of outdoor adventures. Here are five ways you
can enjoy the grandeur of southern Utah despite the current state of
affairs.

Chuckie Keeton will go down as one of the most exciting and
impactful college football players in the state of Utah's history. On
many levels, it's a downright shame that the Utah State quarterback
was lost for the season with multiple knee injuries.

Tucked in rural southeast Alabama, Troy University has opened something that's a rarity for a public college in the United States: A faith-based dorm community where daily Bible studies are common and beer drinking is strictly forbidden.

In Utah, even Barbie can't escape the long
arm
of the law. An American Fork Police officer
patrolling a Cedar Hills neighborhood last
week
came across an abandoned pink toy Jeep with
the
Barbie logo on the side.

The Salt Lake County Council joined clean-air
advocates and neighbors of Stericycle, a
medical waste incinerator in North Salt Lake,
in asking the governor to explore whether
evidence supports using his executive powers to
shut down the facility.

The man accused of ambushing and killing a
Draper police sergeant made his first
appearance before a judge Tuesday. His
girlfriend was also in court, but the distance
between the two continues to grow as their
court cases proceed.

President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner offered hints of possible compromise but also traded heated rhetoric Tuesday, a frustratingly inconclusive combination that left the eight-day partial government shutdown firmly in place and the threat of an unprecedented national default drawing closer.

Mormon Tabernacle Choir officials announced
Tuesday morning that American soprano Deborah
Voigt and British actor John Rhys-Davies will
join the choir and Orchestra at Temple Square
for the annual Christmas concerts.

It's a full-time job keeping an eye on teen
things now — especially when your teen has a cell phone. Sexting and viewing pornography on a phone is becoming a big problem among teens. Here are a few suggestions on how to curb the problem in your home.

The year was 1998 when two Latter-day Saint
missionaries were
kidnapped in Russia. Until now, we have never
really known what
happened during their five days of captivity,
but a new film will reveal
the details of their experience.